Rohit Sharma Misses MI vs LSG IPL 2025 Match Due to Knee Injury

• Teams: Lucknow Super Giants vs. Mumbai Indians
• Date: April 4, 2025​
• Time: 7:30 PM IST​
• Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Star batsman and ex-Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma is not featuring in the highly anticipated IPL 2025 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), which is taking place at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 4 (Friday).

Prior to the match, MI captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first. At the time of the toss, Hardik reasserted that Rohit Sharma is not playing due to being injured. He stated that Rohit got injured on his knee, which made him miss this crucial encounter.

🚨 Rohit Sharma is not playing today.

The only reason he is not playing today is he got "HIT" on knee while practicing in the nets don't let fake agenda news bother you. pic.twitter.com/yaiMhq8Tq9

— ᴘʀᴀᴛʜᴍᴇꜱʜ⁴⁵ (@45Fan_Prathmesh) April 4, 2025

To add firepower to the bowling attack, Akash Deep has been included in the team as a replacement for Rohit. This is welcome relief for Mumbai Indians, who have not fared well in their initial games.
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Both MI and LSG have taken a slow beginning to the season. They have both played three games till now, winning only one. This is a significant game for both teams as they want to move up from the lower half of the points table.

LSG vs MI Playing XI

Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan

Mumbai Indians: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur